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6 responses to “Ah, petty bureaucrats!”

Call me old fashioned but who would think it’s okay to go to the White House in shorts and a t-shirt, ESPECIALLY with the hopes of meeting the President? Yes, it’s sad they were shuffled off to Buffalo or not given a change of clothes, but hellloooooo, shorts and a t-shirt? C’mon.

EOS, the article says they did check beforehand about a dress code and were told there wasn’t one. Turned there isn’t for the East Wing but for the West Wing, there is. Still doesn’t explin why the FBI medal winner was excluded.

I saw that part of the article but I don’t understand why, if they fully hoped to meet the president, they didn’t at least think, mmmm, shorts to shake hands with Barack, maybe not. I agree that being excluded was wrong. I guess I’m simply tired of being surrounded by people who think shorts and a tee are appropriate for everything – airplanes, dinner, movies. I sat next to a woman last week on a plane who had shorts on and had huge open scabs all up and down her leg. I was so grossed out I couldn’t think straight. It’s all part of the Great Dumbing Down of America.

[Rain coming down in sheets since before 6am. Phone lines out since last night. My patio chairs are now down by the pool. Schools delayed two-hours. Even Metro North is not running on or close to schedule, Now that’s a storm!]

If the grandfather was wearing the light blue pip in his lapel–maybe you still don’t bend your security rules–but you salute him, you handle him with kid gloves, you make sure he feels the gratitude of the people in the “people’s house.”